Zing went the strings.....

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Other Joe,
I would consider rescaling if we did not already have the Schaff strings or if the piano was of greater value.
Did not attend the scale class but did see cracked bridge repair.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joseph Garrett 
  To: pianotech 
  Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:01 AM
  Subject: Re: Zing went the strings.....



  The Other Joe G. asked: " 
  Hi all,
  Today I was given my winters work, a 1921 H C Bay grand.
  A local tech delivered it in pieces, totally dismantled.
  All the parts seem to be there, but the kicker is that there are new bass
  strings from Schaff,
  but no record was made of the plain wire.
  Could one extrapolate the plain wire sizes from the bass
  strings by measuring them and running the string lengths of the unwound
  strings?
  How should I procede?"

  Joe,
  That would be assuming that the "new bass strings" are correct. I doubt it. The first thing I'd do, would be to check the plate for possible wire sizes imprinted. Then I'd put the plate back in, bolt it down and take all of the string measurements. (I can send you a form for this, if you'd like) Next, I'd get busy with Scale Master and calc out an "original scale". Graph it and determine where the problems may be. Rescale and voila'. If you don't want to do all that, then it'll be a crap shoot, IMO. BTW, I thought you attended my class on Scale Evalutation???? I can help, if you want.<G>

  Best Regards,
  Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.
  Captain, Tool Police
  Squares R I

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